RIVER BOARD OBJECTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9811, 12 June 1914, Page 4

RIVER BOARD OBJECTIONS.

RATEPAYERS AND BOARD TO STATE A CASE. tht iT J' P l nn s? waited °° *• meeting of the Manawatu-Kairanga River morning with reference to the question of the deflation of the Board's dutnrtland ion Stt,'!??! out . of *» w«nt decisTi? **»**&*<*» » regard to tho tors, who have formed themselves icto a committee to bring a. test cose before tho Court as to the legality of uTboSK rat ing powers. a rnmh.W "H *fe £ *** Wpwsenting a combination of objectors, who considered that hey were entitled to take •cmeTbje?u U u v dld object, because they would have been put in the some position ?* ,h 7» *Jo did object, and were exempted b> the Magistrate. He understood tho Hoard were makin C a test case, and desired questions answered by way of a declaratory judgment. Ho suggested that the ratepayers objecting take part in the same proceedings, and put in questions they wished answered, and so get a decision in that way. That would save a multiplicity of appeals One case would decide the lot ine only question, so far as the ratepayers were concerned, said Mr Innes, waetoask the Supreme Court for a ruling on a portion of the Act of 1913, which state* that no rate shall be made on any land not to receive a direct or indirect benefit," as to whether the settlement of the classification takes away the rights of a ratepayer That, stated Mr Innes, at the same time Zrer to* **"" *• *^« Mr Cooper, the Board's solicitor, who wa, present, said that probably the Court^odd «nga County Council and Borough CounTrustee Nathan moved that Mr (W»r t*. *nange wii jfffcnS Court *of a case to the Supreme worried" 10 9eooDdod ** "■*■• which